Ink-well.



L. H. ALLEN.

INK WELL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE15, 1912.

Patented May 6, 1913.

WITNESSES the invention is which will not spill the ink upon be ng. turned over and is also to provide an im- UNITED STATES "PATENT orricn.

LINUB H. ALLEN,- or B A'r'rLE CREEK,

INK-WELL.

To all cohom z't may concern;

Be it known that I, citizen of the United of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Ink-Wells,

Specification of Letters latent. Application filed June 15, 1912. Serial No. waeaa LINUS H. Arman, a

of which the following. is a specification,

reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates fountain type and the principal object of to construct an ink we which acts proved type of filling 'means revent the as an additional safeguard to ink from spilling when the we over.

This invention is illustrated in the ac companying' drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the ink well. Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan viewof the base.

Referring to the accompanying drawings and particularly to Fig. 1 it will be seen that this ink well comprlses a base 10 which is provided with an inwardly threaded wall 11 at its upper end and with a cup 12 in e center of its upper face which is provided with acentral well 13. This cup and well form the receptacle in which the ink is held which is being used, the remaining portion of the ink being held in the reservoir. The reservoir comprises the wall 14 which has a threaded connection with the threaded walls of the base 10 so that the wall is supported by the base. A partition 15 which is of a substantially funnel shape is carried by the body portion 14: and is provided with a' central opening which is located at a oint' be neath the level of the upper ed e o I the cu 12 so that when the cup 12 is fi led with in a water seal will be formed thus preventing any more ink from leaving the reservoir. tube 16 is screwed into an openin 17 formed in the cap 18 and is provided wit a ta ered lower portion 19 which extends throng the reservoir and through the opening formed in the center of the partition 15 with its lower edge substantially flush with the edge of the opening. It will thus be seen that the ink is held in the space around the tube 16 and feeds through the space between the end portion of the tube and the edges of the central opening formed in the partition 15 and is turned.

to ink wells of the 11 the outer end of the tube.

the side of the wall 14 23 which is screwed upon momen that the ca 18 is provided with an inwardly threaded an e 20 which is threaded upon the wall 14, t us removably connecting the cap with the wall. A guard 21 is threaded into the tube 16 and prevents an flowing out through the tube 16 w en the ink well is overturne A tube 22 has its outer end threaded through an opening formed in and has its outer end closed by a cap This tube has its inner portioncarried'from the side of the reservoir to the tube 16 and coiled about the same so that t e inward movement of the tube 16 is limited and the tube 16 thus held in spaced relation to the opening formed in thgvgiirtition. en using the device the ink is poured in through the pipe 22 and asses out through the inner end of the pipe so that the reservoir is filled to the extent indicated in Fig. 1 and flows through the opening in the lower end of the reservoir into the ocket 12 until the pocket 12 is filled with in As the ink' is used the ink from the reservoir will gradually feed into the kee ing the pocket filled with ink. If the wel is overturned the ink in the pocket will flow into the space between the base and the partition 15 and will thus be prevented from coming out of the well. The ink in the reservoir cannot escape since the reservoir is entirely inclosed and the pipe 22 has its outer end closed by the ca 23. If the well should be overturned wit sufiicient force to throw some of the ink in-the cup into the tube 16 the guard 21 prevents the ink from flowing out of the tube 16 and it will thus be seen that the ink cannot possibly spill if, the well is overturned.

When making the well it is preferred to form the same of glass or some other transparent material so that it may be readily ascertained whether the ink in the reservoir is running low, but it is obvious that if desuitable material may be used ard rubber or wood or any suitmetal. It will also he is desired to clean the be easily to clean sired an such as able composition or notedv tha when it ink well t at all of the parts may removed, ,thus making it very easy the reservoir.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. An ink well comprising a base having Patented May c.1913.

thus into the pocket 12. It will also be noted ink from pocket thus an ink cup formed in its center, an ink res ervoir having its walls removably connected with said base, a conical partition mounted in said reservoir, and provided with an opening communicating with the ink cup formed in said base, a cover removably connected with the walls of said reservoir and provided with a central opening, a tube re movably connected with said cover and provided with a tapered inner end passing through the opening formed in said partition, a guard removably mounted within said tube to prevent ink from flowing out through the tube, and an ink inlet pipe entering through the wall of said reservoir and removably connected therewith and having its inner portion coiled about said tube to support said tube in said reservoir.

2. An ink well comprising a base having an ink cup formed therein, an ink reservoir carried by said base, a partition mounted in said reservoir and provided with an opening communicating with the ink cup formed in said base, a cap carried by said reservoir and provided with a central opening, a tube extending from the opening of said cover through the opening formed in said partition, and a guard collar mounted in said tug: to prevent ink flowing out through said tu a In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

- LINUS H. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. FARRINGTON, FRANK M. EDDY. 

